Yeo Tat-Soon | Harpsichordist
This concert offers intriguing pairings of visual art and music, each revealing unique historical connections. Highlights include a portrait of Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher alongside a piece by her court composer Pancrace Royer; a portrait of composer Anne-Jeanne Boucon by Maurice de La Tour, paired with musical portraits of her by Jacques Duphly and Jean-Baptiste Barrière; and a medieval manuscript depicting Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois, accompanied by keyboard arrangements of their chansons.
The programme also features a fresco by Renaissance artist and art historian Giorgio Vasari, set against music by Handel and Scarlatti, who famously competed in a musical duel in the very same Roman palazzo nearly two centuries later.
Rose Garden Room
Reception & refreshments: 6:30pm
Concert begins: 7pm
Tickets: £50, including a glass of wine
About Yeo Yat-Soon
He now performs regularly as a soloist, chamber musician, and musical director, and teaches harpsichord, coaches chamber music, and lectures on historical performance practice at the University of Birmingham.
Previously he enjoyed a distinguished career in music education, serving as Director of Music at The Lady Eleanor Holles School and St Paul’s Girls’ School, where his predecessors included Gustav Holst and Herbert Howells.
This event is managed by County Manor Concerts.
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